Adding spices before or after frying?
If I fry chicken strips for my salad, should I spice them before or after I fry them? I've heard contradicting opinions.
Best Answer
Do you mean sautee? Or deep fry?
Typical deep fry recipe would be to incorporate spices into the flour: add your salt, pepper, paprika, etc to the batter, then fry.
If you sautee, your chicken strips should be seasoned like follows: first, rub in a small to medium amount of kosher salt (not table salt). Let sit for 15+ minutes to season / brine the meat. Best would be a water brine, but I'm guessing that's too fussy for you.
Now, cook up the chicken strips in the pan. Most dry spices I could imagine adding could go in towards the end of the sautee, stuff like cayenne and so on. Garlic or onions would be added first before the chicken, and cooked until soft, but not too brown.
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Should you season before or after frying?
if you're talking about saut\xe9ing, before. If you're talking shallow frying, like fried chicken or french fries in an inch of oil in a cast iron pan, seasoning after is okay. Seasonings will stick to the hot oil, and stay there as it cools.Do you add spices before or after cooking?
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Dried and powdered spices will have more impact on the flavor of a dish if they are introduced near the beginning of the cooking process. Fresh spices and herbs picked from the garden are most flavorful if added in at the end of the cooking process.Can you add spices to frying oil?
Simply heat a small amount of vegetable or olive oil in a pan, and then drop in the spices once you are sure the oil is hot. Start with bigger spices, then add the smaller ones. As the spices become aromatic, remove them from the pan.More answers regarding adding spices before or after frying?
Answer 2
The general rule is:
Add dry spice before, Fresh after.
And season after.
However, comments below say this is not always true, but it won't steer you wrong very often.
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